Cosmos

Large, delicate flowers and lacy, fernlike foliage make a great addition to the middle of the flower bed or cutting garden. Eye-catching along walls or fences. Spent flowers may be removed to encourage rebloom, but allow some to go to seed as cosmos readily self-seeds. Tolerates poor, dry soil.

Companion Plants

Dusty Miller

Petunia

Verbena

Plant Details

Common name

Cosmos
Botanical name

Cosmos bipinnatus
Variety

na
Zone

Grow as an annual.
Light

Sun
Height

2-5' (0.5-1.5 m)
Habit

Upright
Feed

Use all-purpose
Water

1-2 times per week
Bloom Color

Mix
Bloom Time

Summer-fall
Maintenance

Remove spent blooms

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